The Bulgarian National Rhythmic Gymnastics Ensemble has triumphed at the World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, winning seven medals. The ensemble won the gold in the final with three balls and two ropes, leaving behind Ukraine and Russia. The rest of the medals are as follows: silver in the all-round competition for the ensemble, bronze in the...

For over 40 years, the people of Western Sahara have endured war and occupation—yet few outside of northern Africa have ever heard of them or their suffering. In 1975, their vast ­territory—some 100,000 square miles of desert bordering the Atlantic—was invaded by Morocco. Almost half of the traditionally nomadic Sahrawi population was driven into...

Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine blamed Ukrainian special forces for the death of an American observer killed in an apparent landmine explosion Sunday – saying it part of the “provocation” increasingly deployed by Russia and its proxies engaged in various conflicts. …read more Source: CNS...

Volodymyr Groysman, a politician, a local government activist. At 28 he became the mayor of Vinnytsia, a town in central Ukraine. He chaired the city administration for 8 years. During his time in office, Vinnytsia became an example of effective c…(У 2006 році у віці 28 років був обраний міським головою Вінниці, ставши наймолодшим міським...

Russia’s annexation of Crimea in Ukraine has intensified military and defence spending throughout much of Central Europe, according to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. …read more Source:...

A U.S. citizen patrolling with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was killed in an explosion in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region Sunday, the U.S. Department of State said. “The United States is shocked and deeply saddened by the death of a U.S. citizen serving as a paramedic with the Organization for Security...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that Russias actions in eastern Ukraine remain an obstacle to improved U.S.-Russian relations and he r …read more Source: Big News...